tramontana
[ trah-muh n-tah-nuh, -tan-uh; Italian trah-mawn-tah-nah ]
/ ˌtrɑ mənˈtɑ nə, -ˈtæn ə; Italian ˌtrɑ mɔnˈtɑ nɑ /
noun, plural tra·mon·ta·nas, Italian tra·mon·ta·ne [trah-mawn-tah-ne] /ˌtrɑ mɔnˈtɑ nɛ/.
a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.
any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.
Origin of tramontana
1605–15; < Italian, noun use of feminine of
tramontano
tramontane
Words nearby tramontana
tramadol,
tramline,
trammel,
trammel net,
trammie,
tramontana,
tramontane,
tramp,
tramp art,
tramp stamp,
tramp steamer